Mountaintop Art

By Alexandra Peers
Few cities have the combination of manageable size and cultural ambition necessary to turn the whole town into a sculpture garden. This summer, that’s just what Aspen is attempting, as works from some notable contemporary artists are sprinkled throughout downtown as part... more

Fake loos, Baghdad holidays and birdmen

Charlotte Higgins
Saturday June 9, 2007
One work of art causing just the teensiest bit of confusion has been Lars Ramberg‘s sculpture Liberté. The work consists of three real French-style public loos, marked Liberté, Fraternité and Equalité. From them can be heard recordings of... more

This years Venice biennale is bigger, but not better

You know the great painting by Gricault, The Raft of the Medusa? Of course you do. Its one of the most famous images in art. So youll remember that it shows a small wooden raft bobbing about perilously on the high seas while a writhing group of angry survivors struggles and scratches to... more